HyperDic: order_marsupialia

English > 1 sense of the expression order Marsupialia:
NOUNanimalorder Marsupialia, Marsupialiacoextensive with the subclass Metatheria
English > order Marsupialia: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcoextensive with the subclass Metatheria.
SynonymMarsupialia
Member ofMetatheria, subclass Metatheriapouched animals
MembersCaenolestidae, family Caenolestidaesmall marsupials of southern South America
Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinaedasyures
Didelphidae, family Didelphidaeopossums
Macropodidae, family Macropodidaekangaroos
Notoryctidae, family Notoryctidaepouched moles
Peramelidae, family Peramelidaebandicoots
Phalangeridae, family Phalangeridaephalangers
Vombatidae, family Vombatidaewombats
marsupial, pouched mammalmammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishmarsupiales, Marsupialia, orden Marsupialia
CatalanMarsupialia, marsupials, Metateri

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